Casualty Report from January 24, 1944
Detail
MACR: 99911
Target: Frankfurt, Germany
Base: Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England
Crash: Crashed at Winfarthing near Thorpe Abbotts on take-off when the pilot, Lt Arch "Four Mile" Drummond had to take severe evasive action to avoid a downwind landing B-24. The aircraft impacted with a full fuel and bomb load - catching fire immediately with nine of the crew getting out. The lone fatality was the Bombardier, Maurice G. Zetlan.
Squadron: 351st BS - 100th BG (H)
Aircraft
Aircraft #: 42-3307
Aircraft Type: B-17F
Aircraft Name: Skipper
Aircraft Code: EP-N
Pilot: Lt Archibald J. Drummond | O-000000
POS: P
Status: Survivor
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
Copilot: Lt Claude E. Schindler | O-000000
POS: CP
Status: Survivor
State: State N/A
Notes:
NAV: Lt Fank J. McGuire | O-000000
POS: NAV
Status: Survivor
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
BOM: Lt Maurice G. Zetlan | O-677002
POS: BOM
Status: KIC
State: Massachusetts
Notes: Final Internment - Cambridge (F-2-108)
ROG: TSgt Talbert E. Spenhoff | 00000000
POS: ROG
Status: Survivor
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
TTE: TSgt Sidney A. Cary | 00000000
POS: TTE
Status: Survivor
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
BTG: SSgt John R. Pendleton | 00000000
POS: BTG
Status: Survivor
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
RWG: SSgt Guthrie H. Head | 00000000
POS: RWG
Status: Survivor
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
LWG: SSgt Steven M. Szekely | 00000000
POS: LWG
Status: Survivor
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
TG: SSgt Nichelos Petrovich | 00000000
POS: TG
Status: Survivor
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
EX1: N/A First, MI, Suffix Last Name | N/A
POS: N/A
Status: N/A
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
EX2: N/A First, MI, Suffix Last Name | N/A
POS: N/A
Status: N/A
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
Crew Notes
Notes on this crew: Drummond's nickname "Four Mile" was given him by Harry Crosby because he lived on a farm in Kentucky that was halfway between two towns which were eight miles apart.
Report Notes
Notes on this report N/A
